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Gus Cannon

Birth Name:

Gustavus Cannon

Birth Date:

September 12, 1883

Birth Place:

Red Banks, Mississippi

Death Date:

October 15, 1979

Place of Death:

Memphis, Tennessee

Age:

96

Cause of Death:

Natural causes

Cemetery Name:

Greenview Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Music

Gus Cannon was an obscure but influential blues musician who helped to popularize jug bands (such as his own Cannon's Jug Stompers) in the 1920s and 1930s.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Greenview Cemetery

Christopher Lane

Nesbit, Mississippi, 38651

USA

North America

Grave Location Description

Near the center of the small cemetery

Grave Location GPS

34.89765, -89.997933

Photos:

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Videos Featuring Gus Cannon :

Gus Cannon and Blind Blake: Poor Boy Long Ways From Home

Gus Cannon - Walk Right In

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